Performing Arts Department
Curriculum Overview
Reception
Autumn
Ourselves
Traditional stories
Spring
Nursery Rhymes Christmas Toys
Dinosaurs
The Farm
Summer
Bears
Transport
Year 1
Autumn
Introduction to movement vocabulary: putting characteristics to moves
Christmas Play
Spring
Let's Move (BBC) African Safari
Let's Move (BBC) Adventures at Sea
Summer
Puppets
Time to Move (BBC) summer 2006 4 x weeks on ‘Dinosaurs' & 2 x weeks on Minibeast Extravaganza'
Year 2
Autumn
Revision of movement vocabulary: Ugly Bug Ball
Christmas Play
Spring
Fire of London
Hop, Skip and Jump BBC weekly dance stories
Summer
Time to Move (BBC) Giraffes Can't Dance
Time to Move (BBC) Spring 2006
Circus Skills
Year 3
Autumn
Building confidence with drama: e.g. facial & vocal expression
Christmas Play
Spring
The Weather
Egyptian play script:
Scribe School
Summer
Performance Poetry - to coincide with poetry competition
First Steps in Drama BBC Jason & the Argonauts
Year 4
Summer
Building confidence with drama: e.g. facial & vocal expression
BBC - Anglo Saxon's Sutton Hoo
Spring
BBC - The Romans & short sketches for production
Performance poetry: The Evacuee & Zum Waffen Garten
Summer
Escape from the Blitz - First steps in drama BBC
WW2 writing play scripts (ICT word processing link)& own sketches at the end
Year 5
(5F)
Autumn 1
DT
Autmn 2
Sports Dance then Christmas Dance
Spring 1
DT
Spring 2
Radio adverts& audio stories (ICT audio recording)
TBC - PA &
Summer 1
Science link
Summer 2
DT
(5M as above but opposite)
Year 6
(6C)
Autumn 1
Theseus and the Minotaur - Myth dance
Autumn 2
DT
Spring 1
The media: Magazine photo stories (ICT word & editing link)
Spring 2
DT
Summer 1
The media: Radio shows (ICT sound effects, & audio recording link)
Summer 2
DT
(6G as above but opposite)
Year 7
Autumn 1
A Midsummer Night's Dream play script for Shakespeare Schools Festival
Autumn 2
DT
Spring 1
The media: Adverts (ICT music, sound effects, filming & editing link)
Spring 2
DT
Summer 1
Little Shop of Horrors script, dance & song work (ICT filming & editing link)
Summer 2
DT
(7W as above but opposite)
Year 8
(8B)
Autumn 1
BBC - Hip Hop Step Dance (ICT filming & editing link)
Autumn 2
DT
Spring 1
Puppets/ Masks (ICT posters, script & filming link)
Spring 2
DT
Summer 1
Summer play/ ‘The Exam', ‘Private Peaceful' & ‘Mind Game' play scripts
Summer 2
DT
(8P as above but opposite)